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you know, i have found since being on the science committee that it is an rook anymore-rich environment and mr. speaker, i'm an acronym challenged individual, so i'll be talking about the network and information technology research and development program. in the future i'll call it the program. it's the federal government's main research and development effort in unclassified networking, computing, software cybersecurity, and related information technology. research conducted under this program has led to scientific growth and innovation in several areas, including technologies in science, engineering, and medicine, computer-based education and training, and near real time weather forecasts which is really important in my state of wyoming. currently 15 federal agencies are contributing members to the program and even more participate. so h.r. 967, the bill in front of us, does two things. it updates the high performance computing act of 1991, and it re-authorizes the program to advance our nation's networking and information technology research and development. it's the digital age, mr
you know, i have found since being on the science committee that it is an rook anymore-rich environment and mr. speaker, i'm an acronym challenged individual, so i'll be talking about the network and information technology research and development program. in the future i'll call it the program. it's the federal government's main research and development effort in unclassified networking, computing, software cybersecurity, and related information technology. research conducted under this...
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america does not have to take a backseat to anyone on a clean environment. in fact, our co-2 emissions in america today are lower than they have been in 20 years, and our other emissions are lower than they have been in many, many years because our clean air act and our clean water act is working. but let's not use these pieces of legislation to penalize the american people and lose jobs and be less competitive in the global marketplace. so i want to thank the gentleman for sponsoring this event, and let's be mindful of the importance of coal in producing electricity in america. thank you. mr. barr: i thank the gentleman, and i think his final point was a good one that ironically the e.p.a.'s policies overly restrictive policies are actually contributing to a negative global environment. the crackdown on domestic energy production is producing exports to countries with inferior electrical generation capabilities. we need to unleash the free enterprise system. the american free enterprise system is what will solve problems in utility generation and in energy
america does not have to take a backseat to anyone on a clean environment. in fact, our co-2 emissions in america today are lower than they have been in 20 years, and our other emissions are lower than they have been in many, many years because our clean air act and our clean water act is working. but let's not use these pieces of legislation to penalize the american people and lose jobs and be less competitive in the global marketplace. so i want to thank the gentleman for sponsoring this...
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and we wanted to go to israel in particular because there isn't such a diverse cultural environment in terms of religion, so that the tensions are, in some senses, watered down. as we all know, unless you've been meditating in a cave for the past 20 years, israel and the social environment in israel is very tense in terms of the relationship between the three great faiths that actually share something of a cultural tradition- judaism, christianity, and islam. and so what we- we have an extraordinary opportunity, and something like a great risk. i'm surprised david ainsworth, our executive producer, hasn't come out and read this e-mail message i sent to him about three days before we're ready to go on this journey. we planned it of course for several months. we're talking about a crew of at least six people- a lot of preparation, and of course, at the time when we were set to go was one of the worst possible times in terms of the tension; you know, again, another flare-up between the united states and iraq. and i had just heard on cnn, which i finally stopped watching that the state dep
and we wanted to go to israel in particular because there isn't such a diverse cultural environment in terms of religion, so that the tensions are, in some senses, watered down. as we all know, unless you've been meditating in a cave for the past 20 years, israel and the social environment in israel is very tense in terms of the relationship between the three great faiths that actually share something of a cultural tradition- judaism, christianity, and islam. and so what we- we have an...
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in fact, a very different environment in 1958. when i came to darpa in 1986, now we know we were close to the end of the cold war, but in 1986 we didn't know it was that close and in that environment could even that the world was complex, what we thought about was this monolithic, overwhelming existential threat to the united states. sinuously think about today are much more diverse. [inaudible] >> -- i've been hearing a lot about gps and reliability. [inaudible] he said we have prevented surprises by creating our surprises. can you list any surprises you have created? >> yes, absolutely. then you start the second question. my first example will tie directly to your question about gps. now, in the 80s the gps satellites started becoming widely deployed, at that time we have gps capability, but it meant kerry in an box around on your vehicle premiership. eventually kussmaul announces a heavy pack that you carry. it's still really was not the kind of omnipresent capability that it is today. somehow it got to matter to the point it i
in fact, a very different environment in 1958. when i came to darpa in 1986, now we know we were close to the end of the cold war, but in 1986 we didn't know it was that close and in that environment could even that the world was complex, what we thought about was this monolithic, overwhelming existential threat to the united states. sinuously think about today are much more diverse. [inaudible] >> -- i've been hearing a lot about gps and reliability. [inaudible] he said we have prevented...
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are these countries conscious of what is being done to the environment? >> well, they r. i know from my close contact with people in the chinese government, for example, but they've had some bigger fish to fry in many of these emerging markets. firstly, feeding their people. so as that starts to happen and you get on with mazlov's hierarchy of needs, foods, clothing, shelter, they turn immediately onto the environments. so i'm noticing a big conscience out there. but they have government's limited resources. >> let's talk about the quarter. because when you came on last time, you said, "what keeps me up at night is germany. it was 60% of our province now." in your conference call, i'm pointing it out because you make the point, you were unhappy with germany, this turned out to create sleepless nights. >> more specifically, i was used to be worried about germany in the mid-'90s when they were 60% of our profits. i outlined on our conference call this morning, we have 15 markets na are the drivers of our business right now. so just like many of the portfolio managers, you c
are these countries conscious of what is being done to the environment? >> well, they r. i know from my close contact with people in the chinese government, for example, but they've had some bigger fish to fry in many of these emerging markets. firstly, feeding their people. so as that starts to happen and you get on with mazlov's hierarchy of needs, foods, clothing, shelter, they turn immediately onto the environments. so i'm noticing a big conscience out there. but they have...
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a set of rules that is designed to create and environment of law and order. rather than one of chaos. and then make sure that those rules are implemented in an even-handed fashion. so as not to advantage any particular business at the expense of another. that is the best way that government can support that, and when government tries to go beyond that or promises to go beyond that, it usually ends up picking the winners and the losers and it becomes destructive to the free market economy. and to the interests that we're trying tochieve through the freeart economy and through robust, free, civil society. >> francis johnson, strategic planning initiative. we have a challenge before us of gaining morehe ge public, a set of them, who will see the wisdom of what we think is wisdom. we're talking about here and, then, if you will, support legislators and senators for congress who believe the same thing. now, a way to enlarge the circle may be, to start with the endgame. tell some stories, about particular people with names surrogate names, that have been benefited
a set of rules that is designed to create and environment of law and order. rather than one of chaos. and then make sure that those rules are implemented in an even-handed fashion. so as not to advantage any particular business at the expense of another. that is the best way that government can support that, and when government tries to go beyond that or promises to go beyond that, it usually ends up picking the winners and the losers and it becomes destructive to the free market economy. and...
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the training of the scientist of canada inform us about the environment [inaudible] so increasingly the arctic corporation has become a fundamental pillar of our 21st century foreign policy. there's no disagreement about that in my country. the parliament passed last year anonymously a policy resolution which defined the icelandic objective in the arctic. so together with the other nordic countries we hope to play a constructive part and evidence of this was that few months ago one of our april servant was the first director general of the secretary of the arctic. >> several currency questions. the icelandic money is coming out of financial turmoil. what would you consider the future of the money? and are you considering any alternative currency for iceland ? >> i think it's a positive indication of how we have all dealt with the financial crisis. i can comment on the national press club only six minutes are left and i get that question. [laughter] of the financial issues. nobody would believe that for a five years ago. without in state of affairs we could perhaps come together again an
the training of the scientist of canada inform us about the environment [inaudible] so increasingly the arctic corporation has become a fundamental pillar of our 21st century foreign policy. there's no disagreement about that in my country. the parliament passed last year anonymously a policy resolution which defined the icelandic objective in the arctic. so together with the other nordic countries we hope to play a constructive part and evidence of this was that few months ago one of our april...
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and at the canadian border environment in case there were those seeking to escape the scene. with respect to fema, i can, when saw the response in boston and a coordinated it was, even given the level of destruction, i would remind the committee that just last november, boston held a massive exercise on how to deal with a mass casualty event. and that exercise was the kind of exercise and exercise is supported by the committee through fema to local areas, and again increasing our ability for response and resilience. we have worked with the fbi and ietotate lct ross e critical infrarurs d oprators, and we've been reaching out to faith-based organizations, community organizations and others who want to know what they can do. we are implementing a number of security measures, both seen and unseen at airports, transit hubs within the maritime environment, and at ports of entry. the coast guard is provided security on the ferries in the boston area. viper teams are doing searches on terms of ground transportation, and the like. and, finally, with respect to the public, we do urge
and at the canadian border environment in case there were those seeking to escape the scene. with respect to fema, i can, when saw the response in boston and a coordinated it was, even given the level of destruction, i would remind the committee that just last november, boston held a massive exercise on how to deal with a mass casualty event. and that exercise was the kind of exercise and exercise is supported by the committee through fema to local areas, and again increasing our ability for...
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there will always be a need for us as a neutral agent in a very contentious environment. >> brown: let me ask you finally about you personally. because world bank presidents to this point have traditionally been political backgrounds from economic backgrounds, financial backgrounds. you're a doctor, you've spent your life in public health. what do you bring to this that is different? >> for almost all of my adult life i've been working in the area of development. i've worked in haiti, the slums of lima, peru, i've worked in the former soviet union countries. i've worked in siberia. so i have been doing development my entire life and the world bank is a development bank. our focus is on trying to help lift people out of poverty and to boost prosperity that's shared and that's essentially what i've been doing all my life as an anthropologist and physician so i have been trying fht poverty my whole life and what i found that inside the world bank we are just ffth peol nk want to d povty. th whyheca t wrkt the world bank and because we share such fundamental values, we hope that we can be
there will always be a need for us as a neutral agent in a very contentious environment. >> brown: let me ask you finally about you personally. because world bank presidents to this point have traditionally been political backgrounds from economic backgrounds, financial backgrounds. you're a doctor, you've spent your life in public health. what do you bring to this that is different? >> for almost all of my adult life i've been working in the area of development. i've worked in...
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for the people around that environment to actually start feeling those irritation. with ammonia it's very prongs it is very quick really you you know it's just. not even a matter of minutes if the concentration is high enough you will register it in a few seconds so very much depends on the concentration i know those strong winds that are there will blow things around but in some ways a strong winds help to disperse the chemicals more quickly so you don't have a very high concentration for a long time. what would you say would become the environmental i mean could this become an environmental catastrophe in the long run. i think it's unlikely given the various chemicals that are used. there are methods available for all of these things the sounds of this the firefighters have managed to contain the blaze to the extent that a second tank containing liquid ammonia is not at risk so what you have in terms of problems around about are chemical sort a largely used in agriculture so i don't think it will cause a huge pollution problem and there you because you've got all
for the people around that environment to actually start feeling those irritation. with ammonia it's very prongs it is very quick really you you know it's just. not even a matter of minutes if the concentration is high enough you will register it in a few seconds so very much depends on the concentration i know those strong winds that are there will blow things around but in some ways a strong winds help to disperse the chemicals more quickly so you don't have a very high concentration for a...
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custody in the post 9/11 environment the state department is characterized the same treatment as torture, abuse or cruel treatment with the techniques were employed by foreign governments. the cia recognized this in an internal review and acknowledged many of the interrogation techniques were inconsistent with the public policy positions the united states has taken regarding human rights. the united states is understandably subject to criticism when they criticize another nation for engaging in torture and the unjustified same conduct under national security arguments. there are those that defend the techniques of waterboarding, stress positions and sleep deprivation because there was the office of legal counsel which issued a decision of proving of their use because they defined them as not being tortured. those opinions have since been repudiated by legal experts and even if its opinion it relies on a very legal definition of torture but also on factual representations about how the techniques of would be implemented that later proved inaccurate. this is an important context as to how
custody in the post 9/11 environment the state department is characterized the same treatment as torture, abuse or cruel treatment with the techniques were employed by foreign governments. the cia recognized this in an internal review and acknowledged many of the interrogation techniques were inconsistent with the public policy positions the united states has taken regarding human rights. the united states is understandably subject to criticism when they criticize another nation for engaging in...
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so we come to see our genetics and the environment that we have it as partners. and so that's our new scientific understanding. but we don't regulate chemicals on the basis of whether or not they alter the way a brain cell migrates during early infancy which could lead to a learning disability, for example. >> one of the most harmful toxins is atrazine. one of your peers at the university of california berkeley, dr. tyrone hayes, who is featured in your film "living downstream,." and he says, quote, "there's almost no aquatic environment, including rain water, that's atrazine free." here he's speaking about that toxin. >> so, this is darnell. darnell is going to be famous. he's the first genetic male frog that actually completely turned into a female upon exposure to atrazine. so he's been exposed to atrazine at one parts per billion at tadpole stage. and now he's an adult male that mates with other males and that actually lays eggs. so he's a functional female. he may very well be a hermaphrodite if we dissect him. but he's a functional female, anyway. and he ha
so we come to see our genetics and the environment that we have it as partners. and so that's our new scientific understanding. but we don't regulate chemicals on the basis of whether or not they alter the way a brain cell migrates during early infancy which could lead to a learning disability, for example. >> one of the most harmful toxins is atrazine. one of your peers at the university of california berkeley, dr. tyrone hayes, who is featured in your film "living...
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the president said we want to raise taxes on industry so we get less investment and therefore your environment the reciprocally. the third thing that and i think that i would assume that you believe and the president believes and we in the house believe we need a more aever accountable and efficient government. i bring a slide. the picture of jeff neely sitting in hot tub. jeff was a gse employee who hoisted million of taxpayer dollars on conferences. the person back on the payroll making just under $2,000. he got a bonus last year. i haven't seen anything the president's budget that creates a smaller more considerable efficient government. we have a gao report here that identifies tens of dollars of dollar in duplication. i didn't see in the president's budget to take care of that. another area is the part of the stimulus the doa department of energy in a slush nawnd used to invest in things in the result of the organization through the investment. i would like to have an enhance risk to >> are we doubling down on more stimlis type of payment? why do we think it's going work better this time
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the not so indians they have long opposed the mighty liberations and its devastating effects on the environment when the nasi saw the first gold seekers start to arrive they began by asking these new intruders to leave they finally lost patience. one morning the indians besieged the miners camp yet. you call that generating work if you seen all this damage you can create employment by destroying the environment like this all this cyanide you think it's good for the earth so when. the protectors of mother earth on one side the gold seekers on the other a clash is inevitable. and set fire to it let it all. bring in more machines you'll see. in order to disperse the indians the excavator guards pull out their guns. luckily no one is injured. but by attacking a mining operation for the first time the naso indians are sending a clear message their sacred mountains are worth much more than all the gold in colombia. organic. ok going. i. wrote no way things are going the republican. better off in the state of. texas has got its own like. has got all the hall and gas and everything and. it's got all th
the not so indians they have long opposed the mighty liberations and its devastating effects on the environment when the nasi saw the first gold seekers start to arrive they began by asking these new intruders to leave they finally lost patience. one morning the indians besieged the miners camp yet. you call that generating work if you seen all this damage you can create employment by destroying the environment like this all this cyanide you think it's good for the earth so when. the protectors...
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what our expertise is in your regular story or environment in the u.s. right let's talk a little bit more about this is the somalia it doesn't pose any if there is anything in the will impose any risks and how can the the actual town prepare themselves in dealing with that those risks you mean how a person can deal with that risk yes you mentioned that there are side effects how can how how do you think the actual town will have to deal with those effects well what has happened has happened and you will have to deal with the immediate effects because that is what are more new and so immediate effects so it burns and it may destroy tissue the moment it is released in the air it is lighter than air so it will go up in the atmosphere so it will not stay around if it gets into the water by the rain or by the firefighter water to spread if it gets to into the water and gets diluted it will be used for plants you know this is an interest in fertilizer so it just broken up very quickly. we'll leave it right there thank you very much there that is dr riverside b
what our expertise is in your regular story or environment in the u.s. right let's talk a little bit more about this is the somalia it doesn't pose any if there is anything in the will impose any risks and how can the the actual town prepare themselves in dealing with that those risks you mean how a person can deal with that risk yes you mentioned that there are side effects how can how how do you think the actual town will have to deal with those effects well what has happened has happened and...
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he portrays it at a human environment, which i think is part of the attraction, and he brings his own personal experiences to that. so i think that's a good place to start, about how you came to write the book, brian, and we'll go from there. >> the villain is over there. my editor. he encouraged me. this book took a long time to jestitae. it began when i visited a former fishing port in northern denmark and there was an artist there who painted the their north sea fishermen and he had painting of a group of fisherman on shore, watching a fishing boat offshore trying to weather a point, and title of the painting was, will he make the point? but the painting itself is memorable for one thing alone, and it is the weather-beaten faces of these fishermen. the sea was literally etched into their faces. and it was then i think i realized tsailors of this sort were people apart and they had knowledge of the ocean that average people don't have. and from there this morphed into the idea of writing a book about early sea-faring, not galleons or christopher columbus or lord nelson or anything l
he portrays it at a human environment, which i think is part of the attraction, and he brings his own personal experiences to that. so i think that's a good place to start, about how you came to write the book, brian, and we'll go from there. >> the villain is over there. my editor. he encouraged me. this book took a long time to jestitae. it began when i visited a former fishing port in northern denmark and there was an artist there who painted the their north sea fishermen and he had...
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obviously that is keeping the chemicals out of the environment. >> officials do not know how many people are dead or missing. at this point they are still saying 5- to 15-per have been killed and almost 200 injureed. search-and-rescue teams are going house-to-house certain. >> something ignited and there was a massive explosion. wee every ambulance we can get this way. several first responders, mostly volunteer firefighters, are among the ming. the blast was heard up to 45 miles away. >> get out of here. get out. >> it registered as a 2.1 earthquake. sharon's sister-in-law is in a nursing home near the plants the. >> she said a ceiling collapsed on her. she got to the hospital and they removed her covers she was covered with broken glass. >> portions of the town were completely wiped out with 100 homes and businesses in a five-block radius damageed. >> it is still not known exactly what caused the explosion but investigators are still treating this as a crime seen until they can determine if it was an industrial accident with the a.t.f. leading the investigation. >> tomorrow marks 20 yea
obviously that is keeping the chemicals out of the environment. >> officials do not know how many people are dead or missing. at this point they are still saying 5- to 15-per have been killed and almost 200 injureed. search-and-rescue teams are going house-to-house certain. >> something ignited and there was a massive explosion. wee every ambulance we can get this way. several first responders, mostly volunteer firefighters, are among the ming. the blast was heard up to 45 miles...
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i reckon cardiologist dr omar our claims that the war in iraq destroyed iraq's environment even worse than dropping the bomb on hiroshima did dr e.c. puts to data that the number of breast cancer cases has grown in the country from fifteen to thirty times cases of congenital heart disease have become fifteen times more frequent and cases of leukemia have increased thirty fold the doctor puts the blame on the weapons used in the one thousand nine hundred one and two thousand and three invasions of iraq it which nato forces used white phosphorus depleted uranium rounds and other toxic gases and poisonous substances human rights watch and the world health organization have measured radiation levels in iraq and consider many places in iraq even some very far from the fighting to be contaminated naturally radiation is not racist and foreign soldiers in iraq are not immune usa today even published research results that found that depleted uranium was indeed in the lungs and other organs of navy vets who filed for health compensation claims yeah you know saddam hussein seen.
i reckon cardiologist dr omar our claims that the war in iraq destroyed iraq's environment even worse than dropping the bomb on hiroshima did dr e.c. puts to data that the number of breast cancer cases has grown in the country from fifteen to thirty times cases of congenital heart disease have become fifteen times more frequent and cases of leukemia have increased thirty fold the doctor puts the blame on the weapons used in the one thousand nine hundred one and two thousand and three invasions...
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it is absolutely the case in an environment that, like the one you have in syria, that proving chemical weapons used can be difficult, but we are engaged in a process of trying to invest gait and verify allegations. >> what are we doing in that area? we know that actually went and took soil samples. what are we doing -- >> well, i'm not going to get into methods we use to gather information or intelligence, but you can be sure that we are utilizing tools we have scrabble to us to invest gait these serious allegations. >> jay? >> yeah? >> the three countries jumping the gun in reaching this determination? >> it's a serious issue. the fact is there were allegations about chemical weapons used that led to the csh calls for investigation by the united nation. we support that effort, and believe that the assad regime's blocking of that effort demonstrates or seems to demonstrate a lack of seriousness on intent when it comes to the original calls on investigation. it's why we work with the allies and partners as well as, you know, losing tooting we -- the tools we have available to us in look
it is absolutely the case in an environment that, like the one you have in syria, that proving chemical weapons used can be difficult, but we are engaged in a process of trying to invest gait and verify allegations. >> what are we doing in that area? we know that actually went and took soil samples. what are we doing -- >> well, i'm not going to get into methods we use to gather information or intelligence, but you can be sure that we are utilizing tools we have scrabble to us to...
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ha-ha, a harvard academic says fracking is good for the environment. yeah, from harvard. he'll make his case next. thank you orville and wilbur... ...amelia... neil and buzz: for teaching us that you can't create the future... by clinging to the past. and with that: you're history. instead of looking behind... delta is looking beyond. 80 thousand of us investing billions... in everything from the best experiences below... to the finest comforts above. we're not simply saluting history... we're making it. ♪ >> i think we're establishing a new normal for gas prices. not much movement overnight. a gallon of regular at $3.51. that, by the way, down 15 cents for the mounted, but plateauing there, 3.50, the new normal. price of oil at 90 a barrel. maybe the decline has ended. dismal, durable goods number, down 5 fpt 7% in march, biggest drop in seven months. dow down 16 at this point. sunkist made money in the first quarter, boost in profit helped by the launch of the company's 10 calorie soda. dr. pepper snapple up, proctor and gamble down, disappointing forecast, can't do t
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living in a bad home environment can be a big distraction. budget cuts is probably the worst problem of all. >> scheduled cuts that would take place unless congress acts would mean 8.2% cuts. >> cut. >> yes, cut. and these aren't just dollar signs in percent. they are children's futures. >> programs are designed to pick up the slack for kids whose needs aren't being met. all of those programs are designed to deliver needs of children not being met by the larger system. to cut seven point eight percent would have an incredible impact on students across america. >> before we fix the educational system, we need to find out what meets [indiscernible] >> we do have room for improvement. one of the areas that we are weak in is allowing students the opportunity to be creative in their learning and for us to decided relevance for students. with the advent of technologies, students don't teachers foreed information. they can go to the internet and get answers. but what they do need teachers for his what information is relevant? what information is acc
living in a bad home environment can be a big distraction. budget cuts is probably the worst problem of all. >> scheduled cuts that would take place unless congress acts would mean 8.2% cuts. >> cut. >> yes, cut. and these aren't just dollar signs in percent. they are children's futures. >> programs are designed to pick up the slack for kids whose needs aren't being met. all of those programs are designed to deliver needs of children not being met by the larger system....
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i think that is a really difficult that of the environment to make predictions. economic fundamentals are not really driving, i don't think, of the policy in the marketplace lou: well, with that in mind, the economy itself, we're talking about 23 million people still unemployed and underemployed. and a president who is spending more time on gun-control and immigration reform then the -- that creating jobs are really economic growth. now, there are a lot of criticism of this president, but the fact of the matter is, we're not seeing the kind of robust energy that we expect to see in a recovery. >> this was, in my view, the most is what the recovery in modern times, maybe in american history. we have 3 million less jobs than we had when the fed is a crisis started. ramming some growth and some kind of recovery, we have an incredibly resilient economy. highly of gennaro, and we should be doing better if. what is discouraging is that almost all is caused by poor government policy. we have consistently done the wrong thing off. lou: macroeconomics here, but of like to
i think that is a really difficult that of the environment to make predictions. economic fundamentals are not really driving, i don't think, of the policy in the marketplace lou: well, with that in mind, the economy itself, we're talking about 23 million people still unemployed and underemployed. and a president who is spending more time on gun-control and immigration reform then the -- that creating jobs are really economic growth. now, there are a lot of criticism of this president, but the...
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we want to save the environment. everybody wants to save the environment. up to 20% of your energy bills at the same time. here's the opportunity. try the world's first learning thermostat. for those who don't know about nest this is one of the very cool products out there. you say you're about to buy one. >> yeah. i like the fact that it learns. it knows what your tendencies are. it's 70 degrees. it goes to 63 at night. you don't have to mess with it. it's less work. >> you're teaming up with energy companies. >> what is learning thermostat? what we do is we watch your patterns. you just turn it up at night, turn it down to when you go to work and what have you. through those patterns, after three or four days, we have learned your schedule. and we program it. so you don't have to program the thermostat yourself. only 11% of the quarter billion thermostats are actually programmed to save any energy because they're too difficult to use. so we just learned based on the adjustments. >> it learns by the temperature you put in. it might have a sensors and knows
we want to save the environment. everybody wants to save the environment. up to 20% of your energy bills at the same time. here's the opportunity. try the world's first learning thermostat. for those who don't know about nest this is one of the very cool products out there. you say you're about to buy one. >> yeah. i like the fact that it learns. it knows what your tendencies are. it's 70 degrees. it goes to 63 at night. you don't have to mess with it. it's less work. >> you're...
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chemicals that they are working with the people in the towns surrounding it when it comes to a rural environment there's also grain elevator fires which can cause very deadly and large explosion as well with that's when the find dust of a grain elevator catches on fire and in that confined area causes a very devastating explosion as well so. the farming industry as it were whether it be chemicals from fertilizers or from grain elevators they're well aware that these potential risks are there and so the companies in the plants themselves there they know how to handle it from a very localized level and then from a statewide level as these hazmat teams come in they can assess the scene and then help manage things from the outside ok so it sounds pretty comprehensive and certainly from the footage we've seen the emergency response to what happened seems to be certainly. not lacking in resources and as you said they've drawn a lot of support from. now you from all around not just from you have the local response which they're the first firefighters on the scene but again if you look at these images y
chemicals that they are working with the people in the towns surrounding it when it comes to a rural environment there's also grain elevator fires which can cause very deadly and large explosion as well with that's when the find dust of a grain elevator catches on fire and in that confined area causes a very devastating explosion as well so. the farming industry as it were whether it be chemicals from fertilizers or from grain elevators they're well aware that these potential risks are there...
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white house has claim but to insulate the state department from criticism that it ignored the threat environment in benghazi. the report cites fragments of state department's e-mails expressing concern in the days after the attacks that the original talking points could apply that they were not paying attention to agency warnings. even after changes were made, a senior state department official wrote that the edit still did not resolve all my issues of the building leadership. two days later after more changes, the talking points were used by the ambassador to theup suz rice on sunday's talk show. >> we did not have information present to lead us to conclude this was premeditated or preplanned. >> reporter: house democrats claim they were cut out of this investigation and we were not able to view the state department e-mails to confirm whether they were accurate or whether they were taken out of context. the white house didn't issue a flat out denial but did tell cbs news in a statement that the report, quote, appears to raise questions that have already been asked and answered in great detail b
white house has claim but to insulate the state department from criticism that it ignored the threat environment in benghazi. the report cites fragments of state department's e-mails expressing concern in the days after the attacks that the original talking points could apply that they were not paying attention to agency warnings. even after changes were made, a senior state department official wrote that the edit still did not resolve all my issues of the building leadership. two days later...
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when you are in that slow environment, revenues will be slow. this is why i pull my hair at people and say the revenue is at 2%. in a slow environment, i don't see change in the growth pat fern, you will have slow revenues. look, it's happening again this quarter. you are up 7% actual. that is a surprise. i know some misses and so forth, but whenever i see people, it's almost like sour grapes. give the company some credit for working some magic on the revenues they have. don't penalize them for the fact the world economy and the u.s. economy is not good go take away the qe. take away the fact there are no other good alternatives. >> i'll take away the qe. it's not a coincidence profits have gone up almost the same amount precisely as stocks. qe is there. extra low interest rates are there. qes in my humble opinion hasn't worked t. money supply hasn't created the growth. >> it's worked for the market. it hasn't worked for the economy, it's worked for the market. >> one reason the interest rate is low because the economy is lousy. i want to give t
when you are in that slow environment, revenues will be slow. this is why i pull my hair at people and say the revenue is at 2%. in a slow environment, i don't see change in the growth pat fern, you will have slow revenues. look, it's happening again this quarter. you are up 7% actual. that is a surprise. i know some misses and so forth, but whenever i see people, it's almost like sour grapes. give the company some credit for working some magic on the revenues they have. don't penalize them for...
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and this is happening in an environment where more new devices from apple will come out, more new devices from samsung will come out. still very tough for nokia. >> it does sound like it's very tough. so why do you say in your note, mark, it's been moving in the right direction. what is the right direction for them and is the right direction for the stock going to be up? >> i think the right direction for them is to accelerate the product development. i think one of the things that have worked for them in the past is their feature phone, their low-end devices that helped cushion the things as they deve that's actually started to erode for them. in terms of the stock, this is a company that is still in a negative revision period for their earnings. once again, we cut our target on nokia, once again, we're cutting our numbers on the estimates. but i think the view is, overall, the industry, if you look at the handset industry, the profits pool, we think, is actually starting to decrease. >> mark, that's not optimistic, but are we looking at nokia wrong? the smartphones, what we see as consu
and this is happening in an environment where more new devices from apple will come out, more new devices from samsung will come out. still very tough for nokia. >> it does sound like it's very tough. so why do you say in your note, mark, it's been moving in the right direction. what is the right direction for them and is the right direction for the stock going to be up? >> i think the right direction for them is to accelerate the product development. i think one of the things that...
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gains go to investors in multinational trading companies and who will be at a disadvantage here are the environment human rights labor rights public health and for the financial regulation all those interests of civil society they will they will have a much lower priority then i'm going to have to cut you off their stance or share from the professional aerospace union. well maybe your mother told you to check the public toilet seat before you sit down but here's a new one for you make sure you check the bathroom for hidden cameras as well back on march twentieth a student at glen burnie high school in maryland found what looked like a camera inside of the bathroom the baltimore sun reported that a fourteen year veteran of the an original county police department installed the cameras in the men's room without notifying other police officials or the school yesterday and police announced that no criminal charges would be filed against the officer why because technically he broke no rules no criminal laws were broken when the officer placed the hidden camera in the bathroom police said the camera didn
gains go to investors in multinational trading companies and who will be at a disadvantage here are the environment human rights labor rights public health and for the financial regulation all those interests of civil society they will they will have a much lower priority then i'm going to have to cut you off their stance or share from the professional aerospace union. well maybe your mother told you to check the public toilet seat before you sit down but here's a new one for you make sure you...
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it's absolutely the case in an environment, like the one you 1/2 syria, that proving chemical weapons use can be difficult. but we are engaged in a process of trying to investigate and verify these allegations. >> so it depends what the definition of chemical weapons is. that works to president assads a advantage, and at the same time it does give the white house some wiggle room when everybody goes back to the red line phrase. >> shepard: very valuable wiggle room. we're now hearing from the guy who says the boston bombing suspect carjacked him before they're wild chase and shootout with police. ahead, what he claims they told him and how he says he escaped. >> father and son canoe trip begins in horror after an alligator attacked the kid. an incredible story. >> shepard: this is "studio b." it's the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. chilling new details from the man who claims one of the boston terror suspects carjacked him at point and bragged to him about carrying out the bombings. police say the suspect stole the suv last thursday night. then led the cops on an ov
it's absolutely the case in an environment, like the one you 1/2 syria, that proving chemical weapons use can be difficult. but we are engaged in a process of trying to investigate and verify these allegations. >> so it depends what the definition of chemical weapons is. that works to president assads a advantage, and at the same time it does give the white house some wiggle room when everybody goes back to the red line phrase. >> shepard: very valuable wiggle room. we're now...
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retailers have been operating in an environment where they have not been required to collect and remitt sales taxes for states where they do not have a physical presence. this legislation would change that almost in an instant. before we enact a new sales tax system we need to take into accounts the costs that will impose on businesses of all sizes and the difficulties those -- these companies will face as they adapt to the new regime. for example, there is the issue of vendor compensation. the streamlined sales and use tax agreement currently includes a provision giving states the opportunity to voluntarily compensate remote sellers -- quote -- "as a measure of good faith"-- unquote for registering to voluntarily collect and remit sales taxes into states where the seller has no physical presence. this is included in the agreement because under current law remote sellers are generally not required to collect and remit the sales tax and they incur a cost when doing so. the marketplace fairness act does not include any provision for compensation of remote sellers. i believe this is someth
retailers have been operating in an environment where they have not been required to collect and remitt sales taxes for states where they do not have a physical presence. this legislation would change that almost in an instant. before we enact a new sales tax system we need to take into accounts the costs that will impose on businesses of all sizes and the difficulties those -- these companies will face as they adapt to the new regime. for example, there is the issue of vendor compensation. the...
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and and the huge fire that sort of raged after that but what are the possible implications for the environment and the danger is a toxic leak or toxic cloud. there's certainly what you're handling chemicals like this there is a possibility that there can be chemical contamination that could that would need to be cleaned up in the aftermath of the explosion so the undoubtedly be extensive monitoring of the areas around the plant in order to make sure that whatever chemicals have been spread around can be cleaned up to reduce future toxicity to the residents and presumably there's a big fear that these toxins could be airborne like they were and think ashima i mean what can you do to contain that. well obviously with the kinds of winds that blow and such big intense fires there will be airborne distribution oh my so there's nothing that can be done while the event is happening what will be done is is assessment and cleanup in the aftermath currently people are being evacuated because of the dangers to for further explosions for fire to spread and also for a spread around of some of the chemicals
and and the huge fire that sort of raged after that but what are the possible implications for the environment and the danger is a toxic leak or toxic cloud. there's certainly what you're handling chemicals like this there is a possibility that there can be chemical contamination that could that would need to be cleaned up in the aftermath of the explosion so the undoubtedly be extensive monitoring of the areas around the plant in order to make sure that whatever chemicals have been spread...
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and high speed race for right the government unleashes its force on pro-reform demonstrate his environment just ahead of the morning only one gram for a while activists try to make their voices heard against all the old. hello welcome good to have you company watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow now venezuela's electoral body has announced an audit of the remaining votes demanded by the opposition leader only kick a pretty less this just hours before the swearing in of the country's president elect nicolas maduro the narrow victory over could be divided the country sparking large scale demonstrations well let's not get the latest from artie's tessa cilla he's in caracas this audit what exactly does it mean. you know well we see right after unseen election about sixty four percent of the machines have been audited so now the local council is offering is the maintaining forty six percent of voting machines that have not been audited will be audited to work for let's make a difference between an actual vote by vote count or manual voting this would also demand that the opposition have
and high speed race for right the government unleashes its force on pro-reform demonstrate his environment just ahead of the morning only one gram for a while activists try to make their voices heard against all the old. hello welcome good to have you company watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow now venezuela's electoral body has announced an audit of the remaining votes demanded by the opposition leader only kick a pretty less this just hours before the swearing in of the country's...
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coming up today is earth day a day to celebrate worldwide efforts to protect the environment and to ensure the long term health of our planet after the break we'll talk about the true meaning of earth day during a time when our planet faces more challenges than ever before. could you take three. or three arrangement three. three. three. three. four your media projects three. i've. international and in the very heart of moscow. here's a question for you is billionaire charles koch running for president they hear me out on this according to a report of the new york times over the weekend koch industries headed up by charles koch and his brother david is looking to purchase the tribune company several newspapers across the country if you one of the biggest newspaper purchases in the country would include the los angeles times the fourth largest newspaper in the nation and the chicago tribune the ninth largest if you're familiar with how silvio berlusconi rose to power in italy he did it by purchasing most of the media in that country he basically held a media monopoly of t.v. print and radio
coming up today is earth day a day to celebrate worldwide efforts to protect the environment and to ensure the long term health of our planet after the break we'll talk about the true meaning of earth day during a time when our planet faces more challenges than ever before. could you take three. or three arrangement three. three. three. three. four your media projects three. i've. international and in the very heart of moscow. here's a question for you is billionaire charles koch running for...
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attempts if they do not take the responsibility of saving their lives and providing them a peaceful environment that will mean that they have only used those interpreters and left them in a position where today their life and their family's life or in danger because of working for the british forces r.t. got in touch with the foreign and commonwealth office who are responsible for the interpreters asylum claims this is the response we got. people who have put their life on the line for the united kingdom will not be abandoned the government has put processes in place to ensure the service given by former interpreters with him forces is taken fully into account if individuals apply for asylum in the u.k. . the keyword here is individual for the moment it's a case by case basis according to the foreign office to make sure the personal circumstances are recognised case by case the sign of claims can take months even years there's no accountability every other nato country that directly employed interpreters has offered them some kind of special program visa program asylum britain's the only countr
attempts if they do not take the responsibility of saving their lives and providing them a peaceful environment that will mean that they have only used those interpreters and left them in a position where today their life and their family's life or in danger because of working for the british forces r.t. got in touch with the foreign and commonwealth office who are responsible for the interpreters asylum claims this is the response we got. people who have put their life on the line for the...
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the term shared situational awareness means an environment where cyberthreat information is shared in real time between all designate the federal cyberoperations centers to provide actionable information about all known cyberthreats. page 5, strike line 6 and all that follows through page 6, line 7. page 7, beginning on line 17, strike by the department or agency of the federal government receiving such cyberthreat information. page 13, strike line 13 and all that follows through page 15, line 23. page 17, strike line 15 and all that follows through page 19, line 19. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. woodall: mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time and i move the previous question on the amendment and on the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the previous question is ordered on the amendment and on the resolution. the question is on adoption of the amendment. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the amendment is adopted. the question is on adoption of the resolution, as amended. those in favor s
the term shared situational awareness means an environment where cyberthreat information is shared in real time between all designate the federal cyberoperations centers to provide actionable information about all known cyberthreats. page 5, strike line 6 and all that follows through page 6, line 7. page 7, beginning on line 17, strike by the department or agency of the federal government receiving such cyberthreat information. page 13, strike line 13 and all that follows through page 15, line...
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want to congratulate the people of srael for per servering in a dangerous neighborhood and dangerous environment. earlier today we had a terrible tragedy in the united states in boston, where lives were lost, in what seems to be a bombing or potential terrorist attack. i don't want to jump to conclusion and as a new yorker who lived through september 11, 2001, terrorism is something that whenever it rears its ugly head, all people of goodwill must condemn it. people of israel voo lived through that and lived through bombings at pizza shops and weddings and random bombings of people who don't care about life but care about death. so we pause, of course, for the loss of life in boston today and understand that when israel has gone through a terrorist attack, there is a similar crying out of wanton acts of terror. . i just returned from israel, i had the honor to have traveling there with president obama. the president is working feverishly to try to move toward a two-state solution which all of us believe is the best thing that could happen, a palestinian state and an israeli jewish state and cert
want to congratulate the people of srael for per servering in a dangerous neighborhood and dangerous environment. earlier today we had a terrible tragedy in the united states in boston, where lives were lost, in what seems to be a bombing or potential terrorist attack. i don't want to jump to conclusion and as a new yorker who lived through september 11, 2001, terrorism is something that whenever it rears its ugly head, all people of goodwill must condemn it. people of israel voo lived through...
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the best way in a school environment, in my view, is to confront that shooter with a traeupbt law enforcement -- trained law enforcement officer. the grassley amendment has money put back into the system that is president obama cut $300 million out of school safety at a time when i think that was very unwise. we restore that money. two months ago, maybe longer, there was a young woman at home in the atlanta suburbs with her two twin daughters. i believe they are twin daughters. there was a home invasion by someone who had just been released from jail. she took her children up into the closet on the second floor and hid in the closet, got on the cell phone call with her husband asking what to do. she grabbed the .38 revolver. the guy broke into the closet. she fired six times, hit him with the begun, hit him five of the six times and he was still able to drive away. in the hands of that mother, six shots were not enough. it wouldn't bother me one bit if she had 30 rounds. in the hands of a mentally unstable person or convicted felon, one bullet is one too many. that is why i'm going to oppose
the best way in a school environment, in my view, is to confront that shooter with a traeupbt law enforcement -- trained law enforcement officer. the grassley amendment has money put back into the system that is president obama cut $300 million out of school safety at a time when i think that was very unwise. we restore that money. two months ago, maybe longer, there was a young woman at home in the atlanta suburbs with her two twin daughters. i believe they are twin daughters. there was a home...
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it is a very tense environment in terms of what's happening united states you have the boston bombings you have the rice in the letters that have gone to the president and to the senate as well as so everybody has in on a heightened alert you also have a very tenuous anniversary if you will this april nineteenth twenty years ago almost exactly to the waco disaster that happened in this exact same area and then also just a couple years after that you heard this first responder talking about the murray oklahoma building in oklahoma city that happened on april nineteenth one thousand nine hundred five so. very likely disasters happening at such an eerie time so all of this is going to be considered the white house in the obama administration has said that they are monitoring the situation through local contacts on the ground very carefully but i don't suspect you're going to hear much from them until the actual investigation takes place because it is a very tense situation as you mentioned and they don't want to add any more fuel to that fire they're going to be play this very close to be
it is a very tense environment in terms of what's happening united states you have the boston bombings you have the rice in the letters that have gone to the president and to the senate as well as so everybody has in on a heightened alert you also have a very tenuous anniversary if you will this april nineteenth twenty years ago almost exactly to the waco disaster that happened in this exact same area and then also just a couple years after that you heard this first responder talking about the...
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people of central india in what part of so i think you know we're living in a time when you know the environment and all these you know core concerns of the earth are being disregarded by very very greedy capitalist lobbies and the point is that the states are all being called upon to step in and save the societies and to play a protective rule and to regulate these industries better and i must say that you know what has happened texas you seem to magic of the larger issue of our economy where we are lost in the mornings in terms of how to regulated managed industries and unfortunately this is repeating itself after the b.p. oil spill which proved clearly that regulators were unable to rein in some of these are in sharks so is this the same case now happening with chemicals and before the lasers and and other other sectors in texas you have to wait and see but i think i think we are going to security lapse audit sort of figure of regulation no matter what the outcome and the word iggy's both of them show how we can the state structures have been in these new really countries like the united stat
people of central india in what part of so i think you know we're living in a time when you know the environment and all these you know core concerns of the earth are being disregarded by very very greedy capitalist lobbies and the point is that the states are all being called upon to step in and save the societies and to play a protective rule and to regulate these industries better and i must say that you know what has happened texas you seem to magic of the larger issue of our economy where...
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>> guest: banks have to be careful about who they share with so they are in and trusted environment within the isaf another industry groupings. certainly companies don't want to share competitive information with the antitrust issues. there are some restrictions bidirectionally between the government which has some classified information and financial institutions that there has to be a trust relationship included there are. there are some areas where the government cannot, simply cannot share information with the banks and the financial sector may not share information with the government with privacy concerns, civil liberties sharing financial information etc.. >> host: mr. dumont has there have been an attack on the air traffic control system that has stopped traffic? >> guest: no, actually not. but it's something we have to worry about. there are different levels of attacks in and there would be different reasons for attacks. there's there is a reason to bring down an aircraft which would be a terrorist type thing which as we were discussing in the other room, it's horrific and it's a
>> guest: banks have to be careful about who they share with so they are in and trusted environment within the isaf another industry groupings. certainly companies don't want to share competitive information with the antitrust issues. there are some restrictions bidirectionally between the government which has some classified information and financial institutions that there has to be a trust relationship included there are. there are some areas where the government cannot, simply cannot...